Choo homer pushes Rangers past M's

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May 21, 2014
: Updated: May 22, 2014 9:50am

Texas Rangers' Shin-Soo Choo of South Korea watches the flight of his solo home run that came off a pitch from Seattle Mariners' Chris Young in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers won 4-3. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Nick Tepesch, back from the minor leagues, earned his first major league victory in more than 10 months when Texas beat visiting Seattle on Wednesday.

Robbie Ross, back in the bullpen after an unsuccessful stint in the rotation, bailed Tepesch out of a seventh-inning jam before Neal Cotts and Joakim Soria each pitched a strong inning to close out the game.

The Rangers scored three first-inning runs, and Shin-Soo Choo's homer in the fifth broke a 3-3 tie.

“Two strikes, I was in a rough spot. I think about more (getting) on base,” Choo said.

After the game, Prince Fielder stayed home when Rangers left for their upcoming series at Detroit, his former team. He's missed four games with a herniated disk in his neck and will have an exam Thursday.

Center fielder Leonys Martin was out of Texas' lineup with a stiff neck but entered late for defense.